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Endocrinology
Only a part, ranging from 15% to 20%, of active T3 is produced by thyroid; the rest derives from T4 peripheral conversion; so, the treatments implying T3 plus T4 administration are necessarily better than T4 administration alone.
MedNews - Tue, 15 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Obstetrics and Gynecology
The latest oral contraceptives offered by pharmaceutical industry contain very low doses of estrogens and can be taken not only for the traditional 21 days a month, but also in a continuous way.
MedNews - Tue, 15 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Oncology
The association between obesity and some kinds of cancer is well known, but what is unknown is the risk represented by obesity in less common cancers and whether there are differences between the two genders in this.
MedNews - Tue, 15 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Oncology
When a venous thrombosis occurs in an old healthy patient (≥ 60), it is necessary to suspect the presence of a malignant tumour not shown yet.
MedNews - Tue, 15 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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Pharmacology
With the marketing of newer and newer molecules, adverse reactions become frequent and among these, the particularly severe ones, too.
MedNews - Tue, 15 July 2008
http://mn.medsurfnews.com/
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General medicine
Following 11 preventive health strategies over the next 30 years could add an average of 1.3 years onto a US adult's life expectancy, according to a new report by researchers from 3 top health organizations.
American Cancer Society - Thu, 10 July 2008
http://www.cancer.org/
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Neurology
A new form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) may have been uncovered in a handful of patients in the US.
BBC News - Thu, 10 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Andrology
Obese men have poorer quality sperm, perhaps because too much fat around their testicles causes them to heat up.
BBC News - Thu, 10 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk
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Rheumatology
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has an estimated prevalence of 0.2–0.86% for adult Caucasian populations of western European extraction. The ability of anti-TNF treatment to dramatically suppress symptoms in AS and improve quality of life is now beyond doubt.
Rheumatology - Thu, 10 July 2008
http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/
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Pneumology
Hypertonic saline (HTS) reduces the severity of lung injury in ischemia-reperfusion, endotoxin-induced and ventilation-induced lung injury. However, the potential for HTS to modulate the resolution of lung injury is not known.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine - Thu, 10 July 2008
http://www.biomedcentral.com/